Vape Market Weekly News (Jan. 4th to 10th, 2025 )

vape inductry news and regulatory updates between Jan. 4th and 10th, 2025.

• On Jan. 9, 2025, the 2025 New Year Seminar on Global Compliance Development of New Tobacco was successfully concluded in Qianhai, Shenzhen. The seminar brought together compliance experts from around the world with the theme of "High-quality Development Starts with Compliance", focusing on the cutting-edge trends of global new tobacco compliance development, aiming to promote the compliance development of the global new tobacco industry by 2025. https://www.2firsts.cn/news/detail?menu=editorial&id=13115
• On Jan. 10, 2025, the State Tobacco Monopoly Administration has decided to carry out the "double random, one open" supervision of e-cigarette-related manufacturers and wholesale enterprises (hereinafter referred to as certified e-cigarette enterprises) that have obtained tobacco monopoly licenses in accordance with the law. http://www.tobacco.gov.cn/gjyc/zhgl/202501/ffdc44e4acb2414c8212a4bef6ce469b.shtml
• On Jan. 4, 2025, the U.S. Department of Health of Maryland State issued a health alert for e-cigarettes, requiring the reporting of related cases. https://www.somdnews.com/apgstate/maryland-department-of-health-issues-vape-warning/article_d14f6eaf-0afb-5e00-9bf3-63ba6149cc0a.html
• On Jan. 6, 2025, FDA issues final guidance on analytical testing for industry use in tobacco product applications and standardizes the market access process. https://www.fda.gov/tobacco-products/ctp-newsroom/fda-issues-final-guidance-analytical-testing-industry-use-tobacco-product-applications
• On Jan. 9, 2025, Washington state lawmakers have introduced new legislation that would ban the sale of flavored tobacco and nicotine products, including flavored e-cigarettes and menthol cigarettes. https://www.king5.com/article/news/politics/state-politics/flavored-vapes-menthols-sale-banned-washington-proposed-bill/281-5026397b-423d-4179-91fd-9d6c188399e1
• On Jan. 5, 2025, Vietnam will completely ban the production, operation, import, storage, transportation and use of e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products from January 1, 2025. https://vtv.vn/kinh-te/tong-cuc-hai-quan-yeu-cau-dung-nhap-khau-thuoc-la-dien-tu-20250105172437083.htm
• On Jan. 8, 2025, Vietnam's plan to ban e-cigarettes and heated tobacco products from 2025 has been warned by tobacco harm reduction experts that will deprive smokers of better alternatives, leading to a flood of black markets and increased cigarette consumption, calling for regulation rather than a total ban. https://manilastandard.net/business/314544525/vietnams-vaping-ban-to-exacerbate-smoking-in-southeast-asia.html
• On Jan. 5, 2025, Latvia's Constitutional Court will give its opinion on legal restrictions banning the sale of e-liquids containing fragrance ingredients, with e-cigarette maker Pro Vape arguing that the ban violates its property rights. https://rus.tvnet.lv/8166430/ogranicheniya-dlya-kurilshchikov-verdikt-konstitucionnogo-suda-ozhidaetsya-ne-ranshe-leta
• On Jan. 5, 2025, the Australian Queensland government seized 44,000 illegal e-cigarettes in half a year, and the Ministry of Health is considering imposing harsher penalties on shops selling illegal e-cigarettes and tobacco products to completely eradicate illegal trade. https://www.skynews.com.au/australia-news/queensland-government-considering-tougher-vape-sale-crackdown/video/d3c8f3b030cc6d6ebac426904c1ea19c
• On Jan. 6, 2025, more than 75% of disposable e-cigarettes are illegally imported. Belarus plans to impose consumption tax on e-cigarettes and e-liquids https://news.mail.ru/society/64329139/
• On Jan. 9, 2025, Belarus has concluded discussions on an e-cigarette regulatory bill and intends to ban e-cigarettes at the entrance of residential buildings. https://news.mail.ru/society/64370106/
• On Jan. 6, 2025, the Thai government has approved the Ministry of Education's draft ministerial regulation on student behaviour, which includes new psychoactive substances such as e-cigarettes and e-hookahs in the scope of prohibited substances and provides for four levels of punishment. https://thestandard.co/cabinet-e-cigarette-electronic-shisha/
• On Jan. 6, 2025, the Belgian Ministry of Health inspected and found that the non-compliance rate of e-cigarette merchants reached 50%, and the composition did not meet the regulations accounted for two-thirds, and the parliamentarian proposed to cancel the various flavors of e-cigarettes. https://www.lavenir.net/regions/bruxelles/2025/01/06/cigarettes-electroniques-la-moitie-des-vendeurs-en-infraction-un-chiffre-qui-atteint-80-a-bruxelles-L2BSBFL5IVAMZPNLRSDQBWZRLM/
• On Jan. 6, 2025, the city of Fleurus, in the Wallonia region of Belgium, has decided to ban the use of cigarettes and e-cigarettes in parks, playgrounds and within 10 meters of schools, nurseries and nursing homes. https://www.tgrthaber.com/dunya/belcikadan-bir-sigara-yasagi-daha-kamusal-alanlarda-icilemeyecek-2992208
• On Jan. 6, 2025, the UK e-cigarette flavour search report shows that the "Mr. Blue" flavour is the most popular, with the ELFBAR and LOST MARY brands having the highest sales. https://www.conveniencestore.co.uk/your-business/most-searched-vape-products-of-2024-revealed/699424.article
• On Jan. 6, 2025, a poll commissioned by British American Tobacco shows that a majority of the British public wants tougher punishments for retailers selling vapes to kids, and broad support for a retailer licensing system to strengthen regulation. https://www.thegrocer.co.uk/news/british-public-wants-tougher-punishments-for-retailers-selling-vapes-to-kids/699409.article
• On Jan. 8, 2025, research from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom has shown that the sales of e-cigarettes in convenience stores have increased ninefold in three years, and the profit is four times that of tobacco, and e-cigarettes have become a new profit growth point for convenience stores. https://www.aol.co.uk/money/vapes-four-times-more-profitable-000100989.html
• On Jan. 6, 2025, the Uzbek parliament is considering a new bill, and the production and sale of vapes may face a complete ban. https://repost.uz/skolko-uje-xotyat
• On Jan. 8, 2025, for the first time, Uzbekistan is considering a draft law banning e-cigarettes, according to which illegal import or sale of e-cigarettes will be subject to administrative and criminal liability, but heated tobacco products are not subject to the ban on e-cigarettes. https://www.spot.uz/ru/2025/01/08/e-cigarette
• On Jan. 7, 2025, Spain's health minister said that the plan adopted a comprehensive tobacco prevention and control plan for 2024-2027, amending relevant laws to strengthen the regulation of disposable e-cigarettes and their flavorings, and expanding the scope of smoke-free areas. https://www.zamora24horas.com/nacional/plan-antitabaco-atencion-primaria-avances-mas-destacados-ministerio-sanidad-en-2024_15137055_102.html
• On Jan. 8, 2025, some parents in Malaysia are panicked by rumors that e-cigarettes contain the illegal drug "magic mushroom" flavor and are being sold to minors, and call for tighter supervision or a complete ban on the sale of e-cigarette devices. https://www.malaymail.com/news/malaysia/2025/01/08/vapes-laced-with-synthetic-drugs-fuel-panic-raising-calls-for-tighter-regulations-and-possible-ban/160337#google_vignette
• On Jan. 8, 2025, more than 14,000 people in Singapore will be fined for possession and use of e-cigarettes, while the Health Science and Technology Bureau has taken down about 6,800 e-cigarette advertisements, a number that has also doubled from 2023. https://www.8world.com/singapore/parliament-vaping-2673036
• On Jan. 8, 2025, Mexico passed a constitutional amendment banning e-cigarettes, vaping devices, and the illegal use of fentanyl, which was supported by 22 state legislatures. https://comunicacionsocial.diputados.gob.mx/index.php/boletines/comision-permanente-declara-constitucionales-las-reformas-que-prohiben-cigarrillos-electronicos-vapeadores-y-el-uso-ilicito-del-fentanilo
• On Jan. 9, 2025, due to presidential agency and related tax bottlenecks, South Korea's regulations on synthetic nicotine are expected to be postponed until the regular National Assembly in September 2025. https://www.etnews.com/20250108000305
• On Jan. 9, 2025, a Brazilian city has launched an e-cigarette consumption awareness and crackdown campaign, aiming to publicize the dangers of e-cigarettes through lectures, seminars and debates in response to a 600% increase in e-cigarette use over the past six years. https://www.tupi.fm/rio/rio-sanciona-lei-para-combater-consumo-de-cigarro-eletronico/
• On Jan. 9, 2025, the Dominican e-cigarette bill is deadlocked, and parliamentarians are divided and the bill is back to the committee. https://elnuevodiario.com.do/diputados-devuelven-a-comision-proyecto-que-regula-cigarrillos-electronicos/
• On Jan. 10, 2025, the Philippine Internal Revenue Service confirmed that the loss of e-cigarette tax revenue in 2024 amounted to $1.1 million, mainly due to the shift in smokers' consumption patterns from traditional cigarettes to e-cigarettes and the prevalence of illegal trade. https://newsinfo.inquirer.net/2023174/bir-p40-b-in-excise-taxes-lost-due-to-illicit-cigarette-vape-trade